Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 15, 2024

It would appear, at least from our lens, that the industry’s supply chain transformative needs will remain as work-in-progress. Perhaps a consolidation is that after ten years, the industry wide DCSA process is starting to make meaningful progress.

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John Galt

JULY 22, 2025

Your supply chain is likely impacted by the effects of more than one attribute. A great example comes from a CPG company that restructured its raw material planning by grouping SKUs and locations then aligning these classifications to hit procurement minimums. The right optimization requires a behavioral shift.

Inventory Reduction

Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 14, 2025

The cost of drivers were reported as 6 percent in overall transportation costs, 4.9 Costs in all of 2024 rose a reported 5.4 percent to $2.58 trillion, again representing 8.8 percent of national GDP. percent in inventory storage and carrying costs, and 2.8 percent in other costs.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Shipping lines again managed to extract added spot rates and surcharges which have impacted business transportation budgets. We further reinforced that this would require cross-business and cross functional leadership or influencing role the scope of which was multiple tiers of supply networks.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 10, 2025

The Supply Chain Matters blog alerts readers to the opportunity to attend the upcoming MIT Center for Logistics and Transportations (CTL) annual Crossroads event. The Event The MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics (CTL) will host its 12 th annual Crossroads event on Tuesday, March 19.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 9, 2025

As our Supply Chain Matters readers may have noticed from various social media feeds, this week has been one that featured two supply chain technology focused conferences and a noteworthy product release announcement.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 18, 2025

Industry analyst and Supply Chain Matters founder Bob Ferrari provides observations and insights garnered from the SAP Sapphire customer conference held in May. SAP ’s goal of several years ago related to growing revenues and profitability has shown positive momentum.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 24, 2025

In 2025, tariffs are more than a trade policy — they’re a catalyst for supply chain transformation. Mustafa Raza is an undergraduate student specializing in supply chain management. Rising costs, sourcing disruptions and compliance challenges are real, but so are the opportunities for innovation.

Price Reduction

Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 20, 2025

In this Supply Chain Matters posting we alert our many readers to the appearance of Bob Ferrari, our Founder and longtime supply chain technology industry analyst appearance in a recently published and very timely podcast.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 17, 2025

Our purpose is to advise clients, industry supply chain management teams and readers as to what to expect in the current year in areas related to supply chain management people, process and technology enablement dimensions.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Trump Administration will lead to added strategic assessments and/or tactical changes of existing global, near-shored or domestic supply network sourcing strategies. Chief Supply Chain Officer or Chief Procurement Officer efforts directed at short and longer term strategy setting will be all consuming, depending on specific industry.

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Supply Chain Brain

JULY 28, 2025

Jason Wang: [email protected] RELATED CONTENT RELATED VIDEOS Chemicals & Energy Related Articles Supply Chain Issues Have Hurt the U.S. Featured Product Popular Stories U.K. and India Seal Free Trade Agreement Slashing Tariffs, Barriers Global Trade & Economics New U.S.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 8, 2021

It requires a company to further leverage the supply chain design philosophy. Mr. Frasquet is the executive director of corporate procurement, although his responsibilities include a much broader set of supply chain responsibilities than just sourcing. How do we best handle surging transportation costs?

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 18, 2023

Yes, we have achieved greater normalcy in transportation. In the face of variability, this is two-to-six weeks too long to make allocation or procurement decisions. Over the past three years, supply chain cycles shifted. Digital supply chain transformation is over-hyped with a lack of clarity on value.

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Enterra Insights

DECEMBER 21, 2021

He writes, “Global supply chains were clearly in trouble before COVID-19 arrived on the scene, but when it did, the weakness of our time-honored strategies for procurement, production and delivery became shockingly evident. ”[2] He insists supply chain innovation today is not a choice, but an imperative.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

In our recent survey on analytics, today 74% of companies are attempting to improve supply chain visibility (as shown in Figure 1). Projects Being Implemented as Part of a Digital Supply Chain Transformation Project. We are making slow progress on transportation visibility, but not supplier visibility.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Transportation management systems and real-time visibility solutions have generated the majority of attention for streamlining the process of getting a truck to the dock, loading or unloading it, and getting it back on the road. The network effect is at the heart of supply chain transformation.

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QAD

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Product packaging, especially in the consumer products universe is more than simply the vessel to hold the product and to protect it during transport. Packaging over the last five to ten years has undergone a transformation. Packaging changes have impacted the procurement, manufacturing and distribution processes of organizations.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 9, 2022

The network effect is at the heart of supply chain transformation, especially when dealing with change. As sustainability continues to be a hot topic around global supply chains, the network effect plays a role. The Network Effect, Sustainability, and Automation.

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ToolsGroup

JANUARY 13, 2021

Digital supply chain transformation will accelerate. We expect digital supply chain transformation to accelerate and those companies that have been putting it off will now make it a priority. Read our blog on open supply chain platforms. Here’s to a healthy and prosperous year ahead!

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 12, 2022

As the world is in year two of the Covid pandemic, and the supply chain landscape has changed, it is time to revisit Amazon’s supply chain and see how it has changed and how prepared it is for the future. Procurement and Supply Chain are Smarter Together – Practical Use Cases ; Dr. Madhav Durbha ( Coupa ).

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Supply chains have been around since people realized they had things worth trading. As new technologies emerged, supply chains transformed to take advantage of these technologies. As a result, transformation has been and remains an essential characteristic of supply chains.

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ToolsGroup

JULY 6, 2023

IL’s educational mission is to guide businesses to efficiently manage logistics, reduce and speed inventory, and neutralize transportation cost increases by aligning supply to demand and adjusting enterprise functions to support that paradigm shift. Watch TireHub’s supply chain transformation testimonial here.

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Supply Chain Opz

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

Paul Dittmann , Executive Director of the Global Supply Chain Institute at the University of Tennessee Improving operational efficiency in the global supply chain is a complex undertaking, and requires a documented, multi-year strategy instead of knee jerk reactions, and programs of the month.

Waste Reduction

Gravity Supply Chain

JANUARY 22, 2024

Gravity, a global leader in Purchase Order Management and BuyCo, the container shipping platform, announced their partnership to offer shippers with a comprehensive solution that allows procurement and transport teams to collaborate seamlessly for international trade operations. Learn more at www.buyco.co

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Supply Chain Movement

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

Daniel Helmig, head of ABB’s Supply Chain management, is currently busy implementing supply chain transformation throughout the company’s 450 plants and many project sites as the company consolidates back end processes and establishes ten global transportation management centres. “It

Material Savings

Talking Logistics

APRIL 8, 2016

MercuryGate Launches Global, Omni-modal Freight Procurement Solution. New Study: 70% of Executives have started Digital Supply Chain Transformation. Marten Transport Ltd. Manhattan Associates Empowers Warehouse Managers With New E-Commerce Capabilities. Swisslog acquires Power Automation Systems (PAS).

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

We are pleased to announce to our Supply Chain Matters readers the listening availability of our latest podcast: Overcoming Supply Chain Disruptions and Instilling Supply Network Resilience in Post Pandemic Supply Networks. This is a not to be missed podcast that provides many valuable insights.

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Logility

DECEMBER 15, 2023

The time is ripe to move forward with supply chain transformation. Sales and operations planning automation While manufacturing planning helps a company balance supply and demand in the near term, S&OP processes align that equilibrium with corporate financial goals across longer-term tactical and strategic time horizons.

Optimal Sourcing

SCMDOJO

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Limited Scope: Offers a more focused and individualized approach to the procurement process. Diverse Expertise: Leverages collective knowledge and resources for a more comprehensive and streamlined procurement process. Streamlining Logistics: Coordinating the logistics of procuring goods internationally involves a multitude of tasks.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 17, 2018

Again and again, the quality of supply chain and logistics data is too low for companies to jump to the next maturity stage. A Deloitte study in 2017 found 49% of procurement officers believe the quality of data is a major barrier, and the lack of data integration was the number two barrier (42%).

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 9, 2017

Meanwhile, 70 percent have also started processes to implement digital supply chain technologies throughout their companies. Unfortunately, many supply chain entities continue to hope for a better tomorrow. Expansion of global footprint while adhering to local, state, federal and international requirements.

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 5, 2016

And we have more than enough package supply to utilize the 40 planes we’ve procured.”. Moving on to transportation management software news, private equity firm TPG Capital has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a majority interest in Transporeon from The Riverside Company and other shareholders.

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ToolsGroup

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

According to a survey from the Digital Supply Chain Institute (DSCI), the design of and transformation to a digital supply chain with the customer in mind, can reduce procurement costs for all purchases of goods and services by 20% and reduce supply chain process costs by 50%.

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SCMDOJO

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Expertise: Sourcing, Supply Chain Analysis, Logistics & Transportation, Logistics Management Consulting, Freight (Maritime, Land, or Air), Logistics Technology Solutions. He graduated from the Cambridge Academy of Transport and the Chilean and German Commerce Institute with a degree in maritime transport, respectively.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 6, 2023

Our research advisory report for 2023 begins with a review of the themes of our prior three years of predictions and the derived learning for the supply chain management community. That stated, our belief is that skills and talent required for ongoing supply chain transformation and realignment needs are likely to be preserved.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 11, 2023

The Future Insights Network will be conducting its annual Transform Fest 23 online virtual conference from May 23 through May 24, 2023. This conference is a global wide event that brings together leaders from procurement , supply chain , IT and sustainability to meet, network and plan their business and supply chain transformational efforts.

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